The Miao Sister Festival, also known as the Sister Meal Festival, is a traditional holiday of the Miao ethnic group. The young put on festival costumes and gather to celebrate the joyous festival of rich national characteristics. There are, however, different branches of the Miao ethnic group that celebrate the festival at different times, usually from January to May. The festival centers on young Miao women. They invite lovers to wander and sing antiphonal songs, take the Sister Meal, dance to the accompaniment of reed-pipe wind instruments and timber drums, send tokens of love, and even get engaged. It is understood as a, "festival hidden in flower buds", and, "the oldest Valentine¡¯s Day in the east.¡±

Day 1:Guiyang - KailiWe are so glad that you join our annual tour to discover interesting Miao Sisters' Meal Festival in Guizhou. As planned, you will arrive in Guiyang Longdongbao Airport on April 11 of 2014, and our tourist guide meet you at the arrival hall and than take you to the capital city of Southeast Guizhou - Kaili by bus, it costs about 2.5 hours. After you have settled all your luggages in Hotel, you will enjoy free time . Kaili night market is a wonderful try.

Day 2: Kaili - Chong'anjiang Today we will hit Langde Upper Village firstly to see its unique long-shirt Miao villagers. As a very popular minority attraction, Langde Upper Village is both mysterious and exciting, featuring Miao style houses "Diaojiaolou". Later we will drive to Paika Village, the home of a distinctive minority musical instrument - Lusheng. Here we can learn the whole producing process of Lusheng, even have a try to blow it. The next spot we will visit is Xinqiao Miao Village in Datang town, by fortune, we can see a row of girls dressed in mini-shirts dancing together to welcome outsiders. Also we could learn different Miao customs in this village, and receive warm treatment from the hospitable Miao hosts. Water granary collection will be our last seeing of this day. Smart Miao people built lots of wooden barns over manmade water ponds to store grains and prevent foods from fire damage. After we finished seeing all spots, we will drive back to the hotel in Kaili.

Day 3:Kaili - Datang Today we will hit Langde Upper Village firstly to see its unique long-shirt Miao villagers. As a very popular minority attraction, Langde Upper Village is both mysterious and exciting, featuring Miao style houses "Diaojiaolou". Later we will drive to Paika Village, the home of a distinctive minority musical instrument - Lusheng. Here we can learn the whole producing process of Lusheng, even have a try to blow it. The next spot we will visit is Xinqiao Miao Village in Datang town, by fortune, we can see a row of girls dressed in mini-shirts dancing together to welcome outsiders. Also we could learn different Miao customs in this village, and receive warm treatment from the hospitable Miao hosts. Water granary collection will be our last seeing of this day. Smart Miao people built lots of wooden barns over manmade water ponds to store grains and prevent foods from fire damage. After we finished seeing all spots, we will drive back to the hotel in Kaili.

Day 4:Sisters' Meal Festival We will drive about 2.5 hours to join local Miao people's annual grand celebration - Sisters' Meal Festival at Shidong Piantou Miao Village.As one of the most important festivals of Miao minority, the Sisters' Meal Festival covers various meaningful ceremonies and interesting activities, such as bullfighting, cockfighting, Kungfu battle, singing and dancing competition and Miao silversmiths competition. It must be very exciting to see everyone dressed in their best shining costumes gathering at the square of village, and more than one thousand villagers will do drum dance together. Foreigners will be warmly welcomed by these hospitable people. With no doubt, the whole festival's biggest highlight is Miao girls' Beauty Contest. Everything in this day at this place would be greatly attractive to outsiders. Given by poor staying condition in the village, we have to drive back to the hotel.

Day 5:Sisters' Meal Festival The second day of Sisters' Meal Festival will continue yesterday's joys, we will just follow the activity schedule to join in different programs. Our tourist guide will be great helper to make you have deeper communication with local people, also you can walk around the village to touch colorful festival culture and Miao minority customs. Make sure you are with good camera and sufficient batteries, let us keep these two days forever.

Day 6:Guiyang DepartureThe last day your itinerary is blank except driving to Guiyang to leave off. Our caring guide will say goodbye to your guys at the airport of Guiyang.